An ICE agent shot and seriously injured a man in Austin on Sunday, sparking a tense standoff, confrontations between protesters and police, and calls from a Democratic congressman for an independent inquiry.

The incident began shortly before 1 p.m. beneath an overpass in north Austin. Preliminary information from local officials indicates that the federal immigration agent became involved in a traffic stop before a brief foot chase unfolded.

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 29, was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to his torso. His attorney identified him as a Venezuelan national. Officials said he was in serious but stable condition.

Exclusive Daily Mail images showed a small blue Toyota sedan surrounded by police tape beneath the highway overpass. Several bullet holes were visible across the passenger-side door.

Witnesses told NPR affiliate KUT that they heard gunfire and saw an ICE agent near a man who appeared to have been shot in the back.

Authorities have not independently confirmed that account and cautioned that the investigation remains in its early stages.

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the episode may have included a foot pursuit, while emphasizing that investigators had limited information and were still working to establish what happened. Austin police also made clear that none of their officers fired the shots.

Several onlookers told the Daily Mail that the man ran from the vehicle after it came to a stop and was later shot.

Austin Council member Mike Siegel said at least one person in civilian clothing who appeared to be unharmed was handcuffed at the scene.

The shooting quickly fueled outrage across the Texas capital. By evening, protesters—including many carrying Mexican flags—had gathered on one side of the overpass, shouting “F*** ICE” and demanding to know whether the involved ICE agent had been arrested.

Some demonstrators threw rocks and water bottles at a line of riot police deployed by the Austin Police Department. Officers responded by firing pepper balls toward the crowd.

At one point, protesters moved toward officers positioned behind protective shields. Local reports said police also used chemical agents in an effort to disperse the demonstrators.

The escalating confrontation came as officials faced growing questions about the federal operation and the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

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Democratic Representative Greg Casar, whose district includes Austin, called for an independent investigation and urged officials to release body-camera footage immediately.

“As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law,” Casar said in a statement cited by CBS News.

“Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened,” Casar added, referring to the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis earlier this year.

 The congressman’s comments came as local officials repeatedly emphasized that many details of Sunday’s shooting were still preliminary.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson also called for local police to have a role in the investigation, saying he wanted a third-party examination of the incident rather than having ICE investigate itself.

At a press conference that took place earlier today, Watson said Perez was in serious but stable condition.

The incident has already drawn comparisons with other recent Texas shootings involving federal immigration agents, including the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston in July. That case remains under investigation. 

‘This is a pattern. This is a disturbing pattern,’ said Casar.

Federal authorities had not released a full account of the encounter as of Sunday evening, nor have they identified the agent involved.

It was also unclear whether the federal officer remained in Austin. Mayor Watson said he hoped that an agent involved in an officer-involved shooting would not leave the city or state while the investigation was underway.

This is a developing story, more to come.

Aleema Khanum, the sister of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, has been arrested ahead of planned demonstrations calling for his release from prison.

She was reportedly taken into custody on Sunday afternoon over claims that she had rallied her brother’s supporters through social media activity and public gatherings.

Authorities have ordered that Ms Khanum remain in detention for 30 days.

The arrest comes days before protests expected to take place across Pakistan in opposition to the imprisonment of Mr Khan, the country’s former prime minister.

Imran Khan was sentenced to three years in prison in 2023 after being convicted of failing to declare money linked to the sale of gifts he received while serving in office.

The 73-year-old former Pakistan cricket captain has since faced more than 100 charges, including allegations involving the sale of state secrets and official gifts.

Mr Khan has consistently denied wrongdoing, arguing that the cases against him are politically driven.

His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has condemned Ms Khanum’s detention as an “illegal detention” and an “abduction”, while her son has called for her immediate release.

The detention order alleges that Ms Khanum used social media and public meetings to mobilise supporters of her brother. It states that she will remain in custody for 30 days, covering the period leading up to the planned protests.

Ms Khanum has been an outspoken opponent of Imran Khan’s imprisonment, frequently addressing his supporters and speaking publicly to the media.

The arrest precedes demonstrations due to be held across Pakistan on September 27. Protesters are expected to march towards Islamabad, the national capital, to demand Mr Khan’s release.

Police have confirmed that Ms Khanum was arrested and said she will be held at Kot Lakhpat prison in Lahore, according to the BBC.

Earlier on Sunday, however, members of Ms Khanum’s family said they had been unable to contact her and had received no information about where she was being held.

Her son, Shahrez Khan, posted on X: “We demand that the government immediately reveal her whereabouts and guarantee her safe return.”

The PTI also criticised the arrest, writing in a statement: “There is no religion or law left in this country. This is not the arrest of Aleema Khan; it is an abduction.”

The party added that anyone wanting Pakistan to remain a society governed by justice and law should take to the streets on September 27.

In another post published on Sunday night alongside a photograph of Imran Khan and his sister, the party accused the country’s “fake rulers” of intensifying what it described as oppression throughout Pakistan.

It further claimed that institutions operating under the name of security forces had made ordinary Pakistani citizens feel unsafe.

The party has also claimed that Pakistani authorities have carried out ‘raids’ on Imran Khan’s family members. 

Last month it was reported that the ex-premier would be moved from solitary confinement to hospital following repeated appeals from his family over his health.

The former Pakistan captain was imprisoned in Rawalpindi three years ago and is serving two separate sentences of 17 and 14 years respectively for charges including corruption.

However, Kasim and Sulaiman Khan, sons of the cricketer-turned-politician, called his quarters a ‘death cell’, plagued by inhumane conditions.

‘He’s been in a solitary confinement cell for over two years where he’s had filthy water, he is around inmates who are dying of hepatitis, the conditions are disgusting and also he is completely isolated from any human contact,’ Kasim said last December.

Adding that his father was being subjected to ‘psychological torture tactics’ as even the prison guards were not allowed to communicate with him.

Khan, who led the country between 2018 and 2022, has allegedly spent up to 23 hours a day in isolation.

Zulfikar Bukhari, a spokesman for Khan’s political party PTI, said: ‘It’s a very welcome order and we wish it had happened sooner so his eye and general health would not have deteriorated this much.

‘He should remain in hospital until all doctors are satisfied.’

In February, 14 cricket greats from around the world including ex-England captains Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton launched a humanitarian appeal for better treatment for Khan in an open letter.

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In the interim, the courts have denied two requests to action a similar hospital transfer.

His sons have continued to campaign for him, saying he was being kept in ‘completely substandard conditions that don’t meet international law for any sort of prisoner’.

They said they were worried they would never see him again, having not done so since he was jailed due to a lack of visas.

During his time as an international cricketer, Khan became one of the most successful all-rounders in history, featuring in 88 Test matches and concluding his career by leading Pakistan to World Cup glory in 1992.

His supporters have taken to the streets to demand his release on multiple occasions since his arrest in May 2023.

But Pakistan has since been accused of trying to kill Imran Khan by the politician’s sons.

Earlier this month it was reported the cricket legend had been denied access to court-ordered medical care and instead forced to remain in his 6ft by 8ft solitary confinement cell.

Khan’s sons, Sulaiman and Kasim, said they expect a similar scenario to play out as the death of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in 2019. 

Mr Morsi died in a court room from a heart attack which many human rights organisations believe was brought on by the abuse and neglect he experienced in solitary confinement.

Kasim, 27, told Times Radio that he feared an assassination and that multiple prisoners have died from hepatitis in the jail due to the poor conditions, something he worries that his father could contract.

Authorities could then ‘eventually blame it on natural death’, in reference to his father contracting the deadly disease.

Lawyers have said Khan’s health had recently deteriorated in the barbaric conditions which prompted the Supreme Court to intervene and order a transfer to a private hospital where an independent health assessment could be made.

However, he was briefly taken instead to a government hospital where he was deemed fit to return to his cell – despite him reportedly losing 85 per cent of his vision in his right eye due to a blood clot.

‘He himself said that he feared that the Pakistani establishment could be looking to do to him what happened to Morsi in Egypt. He directly made that comparison. So that is our fear, definitely,’ Sulaiman, 29, said.

The sons, whose mother is heiress Jemima Goldsmith, accused the British government of insufficient support and are hopeful to speak with the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham about it.

Sulaiman and Kasim have not seen their father since his assassination attempt four years ago and have not been able to visit Pakistan due to visa issues.

David Lammy advised them while serving as Foreign Secretary not to travel to Pakistan should visas be granted – this was due to the UK not being able to offer support should they be arrested on Pakistani soil, he said.

The sons hope to discuss with Mr Burnham the possibility of travelling to Islamabad and arranging some support from the UK, which would be enough to dissuade Pakistani officials from arresting them.

‘There’s nothing they fear more than foreign countries, foreign intervention. But as long as we go without any kind of support, then they have complete power in Pakistan, they can do absolutely anything. They’re very, very unpredictable and chaotic,’ they said.

Sulaiman also told Times Radio that he believed his father had been offered deals like house arrest or exile but would not have taken them as he would be restricted on what he could say and would not abandon fellow party members similarly behind bars.

The sons have previously described his inhumane quarters that he has been living in for over two years as a ‘death cell’ with ‘filthy water’.

‘The conditions are disgusting and also he is completely isolated from any human contact,’ Kasim said. 

Their last contact with their father was six months ago through a phone call.

He added that his father was being subjected to ‘psychological torture tactics’ as even the prison guards were not allowed to communicate with him as he spends 23 hours in isolation.

Khan complained of high blood pressure, heart palpitations and anxiety to his sister who was allowed to join him for a short period while in the government hospital.

International efforts to improve Khan’s living conditions came together once again in February, when 14 cricket greats from around the world, including ex-England captains Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton, launched a humanitarian appeal for better treatment for Khan in an open letter.

He enjoyed popular support when he became premier in 2018 but fell out with the king-making military establishment and was booted from power in a 2022 no-confidence vote.

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Police have confirmed that a woman is alleged to have carried out a stabbing attack involving three young children in the Blue Mountains, leaving one child dead and two others critically injured in hospital.

The woman, who is in her 40s, is also in a critical condition.

A group of cyclists discovered the woman and three young children suffering stab wounds on Waratah Road at Valley Heights, near Springwood, early on Sunday afternoon.

One of the children died at the scene, despite witnesses attempting to provide first aid before emergency crews arrived.

The children were found inside a car that had partly pulled into a vacant block beside a fire trail leading towards the national park. The woman was located outside the vehicle.

Waratah Road resident Peita Davies said neighbours knew one another and did not recognise the woman or children as locals.

‘Nobody heard anything,’ she told the Sydney Morning Herald. ‘We all want to know how they ended up here.’

Local resident Glenn Lyall initially believed the large police response was connected to a serious crash.

‘I could see a hatchback on an angle and two cyclists pointing, and I thought the car had hit one of the cyclists,’ Lyall said.

Another resident described the scene as distressing, saying: ‘There was a lot of blood and it was horrific to come across.’

The alleged domestic violence incident followed a devastating weekend in NSW, after three women were allegedly murdered in their homes during a 12-hour period on Saturday.

NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Peter McKenna described the previous two days as devastating.

‘It’s a horrific and tragic weekend and it’s like one that I don’t remember in my career,’ he told Nine’s Today.

‘When you balance out those three and plus the no-more-tragic situation than we had in the Blue Mountains. Put them all together and it’s unfathomable.’

Paramedics treated the injured woman and children at the scene on Sunday. The woman and the surviving children were then taken by road to Westmead Hospital and Westmead Children’s Hospital in critical condition.

‘The two children and their mother are in a critical condition,’ Mr McKenna said.

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‘The mother is the suspect in this matter, for domestic related homicide, and that investigation is ongoing.’

Hours after the incident, NSW Police Superintendent John Nelson said the father of the children had been notified.

He said the father had been at work when he received the call from police.

‘You can imagine receiving that tragic news,’ Supt Nelson told reporters.

He said the woman had not previously come to the attention of police and that investigators were not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident.

The woman is aged in her 40s, and the children are all under five years old.

All three have undergone surgery in hospital.

Supt Nelson praised the efforts of the ‘upstanding’ members of the public who responded to the tragic scene.

‘People are just going about a lovely Sunday afternoon and being confronted with this is traumatic and tragic for anybody,’ he said.

He said responding officers would not be spared the hardship and would have access to available support services.

Police said the weapon used and the circumstances surrounding the incident would form part of the investigation.

Blue Mountains councillor Darren Rodrigo on Sunday described the news as ‘absolutely horrendous and tragic’.

‘Our deepest love and condolences to the immediate family and our prayers with all the children involved,’ he said.

‘A massive thank you to the community members (who) intervened to provide medical assistance and to our first responders for their incredible support and courage during this time.’

Patrick Clancy and his new wife have announced that they are building a family together, about three and a half years after his former wife, Lindsay Clancy, strangled their three children with exercise bands at their Massachusetts home.

Patrick and Dr Rachel Danis discussed their plans in an interview with 60 Minutes—their first public conversation since the criminal case against Lindsay ended in a controversial mistrial.

The couple did not say whether Rachel is pregnant. However, when correspondent Ross Douthat asked if they were “starting a family,” Rachel replied, “yeah.”

Patrick and Rachel, who married in New York City in April, also said they intend to tell their child about Patrick’s late children, Cora, Dawson and Callan.

“I think every parent can agree, you have different relationships with your kids, but they’re all your kids. And I can’t wait to tell them about their brothers and sister,” Patrick said.

The interview came weeks after the case against Lindsay Clancy ended in a mistrial earlier this month.

Lindsay, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, who was eight months old. The children were killed inside the family’s home in the affluent Massachusetts town of Duxbury on January 24, 2023.

The labor and delivery nurse strangled the children with exercise bands in the basement after Patrick left the house to collect medicine from CVS and pick up a takeaway order from a nearby restaurant.

Lindsay then attempted to take her own life by cutting her wrists and neck before jumping from a second-floor bedroom window. She survived but was left paralyzed from the waist down.

The mother of three has not denied killing the children. Instead, she pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, arguing that she was experiencing severe postpartum depression and psychosis at the time.

The six-week trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, prompted widespread discussion about postpartum mental illness and criminal responsibility, drawing intense attention in the United States and around the world.

After seven days of deliberations, the trial ended without a verdict when the 12-member jury could not reach a unanimous decision, leading the judge to declare a mistrial.

In an unusual development, it emerged during deliberations that one male juror, later identified as Michael P Desronvil, had refused to join the other 11 jurors in finding Lindsay not guilty by reason of insanity.

Several jurors later accused Desronvil of acknowledging reasonable doubt but declining to apply the legal standard. Desronvil, who has hired an attorney, rejected those allegations in a statement, saying he believed Lindsay “knew exactly what she was doing.”

Patrick was a central witness at the trial, where he described his then-wife’s deteriorating mental health and recounted finding the couple’s children dead.

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Several months after the killings, Patrick relocated to New York City, sold the family home and filed for divorce.

The Daily Mail reported exclusively in July that the 38-year-old technology executive had later found love with fertility specialist Rachel and remarried.

The couple wed this April in an intimate ceremony at the historic Ladies Pavilion overlooking Central Park’s lake before celebrating with family and friends at Sarabeth’s restaurant.

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Speaking to 60 Minutes, Patrick and Rachel revealed that they met in January 2024 at a run club in New York’s Central Park. 

Rachel soon learned what had happened to his children. 

They had gotten coffee together and Patrick had pulled out his phone to pay, she said.

She noticed an ‘adorable photo’ of children as the wallpaper and asked: ‘Who are those cuties?,’ Rachel recalled.

When Patrick told her they were his children, she asked if they live in Massachusetts.

‘And Pat said, “They died.” And this is just at the cashier,’ Rachel told Douthat.

‘I guess I had so many questions, and yet at the same time I didn’t know exactly what to ask.’

Patrick, who shared in the interview that he felt suicidal after his children’s deaths, said that meeting Rachel had changed his life ‘in such a positive way.’

‘I always try to take some of the weight from Pat. I always want to strive to do that,’ Rachel said.

‘I know I can’t fix, I can’t bring his kids back. But if I can honor them and allow Pat to grieve but also just continue to honor them in the present, I guess that’s all I can do.’

The couple also spoke out about the vile, baseless accusations and rumors they have faced in recent months.

As Clancy’s trial drew attention all across the globe – with postpartum mental illness taking center stage and pink-clad supporters staging rallies outside the courthouse – with it came a groundswell of online conspiracies.

Patrick’s testimony was picked apart online with some going as far as to accuse him of possible involvement in his children’s deaths.

The 38-year-old’s attorney has since issued a warning to conspiracy theorists that ‘this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop’ or ‘there will be consequences.’

Speaking to 60 Minutes, Rachel hit out at the story becoming ‘so twisted’ as she described Patrick as the ‘most selfless father and supportive partner.’

‘I don’t understand how the story has been so twisted. I was just a girl that met a guy running in Central Park on a really cold Saturday. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that,’ she said.

While Patrick tries to rebuild his life with Rachel, Clancy’s criminal case now hangs in the balance.

Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz is yet to reveal whether or not his office plans to try her a second time – and whether on the same or lesser charges.

Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington has filed a motion asking the court to acquit her on all charges, arguing that the state did not present enough evidence in its case and so should not be able to retry it.

The motion will be argued when the two sides return to Plymouth County Superior Court for a hearing on September 29.